There is a website called Fantasy Football Nerd. It aggregates predictions from roughly

40 NFL pundits to produce what it calls the industry's most accurate consensus rankings.

Now, how accurate is the consensus? Let me give you an example. Earlier this season,

the Carolina Panthers were playing the Seattle Seahawks only two of the pundits picked Carolina

to win. 36 picked Seattle. And you can see why. Seattle has been one of the best teams

in the league for the past several seasons. They won the Super Bowl two years ago, nearly

repeated last year. They'd be playing Carolina in Seattle, where the home crowd is famously

almost punishingly supportive. So even though Seattle had won only two games this season

against three losses, and even though Carolina was an undefeated 4-0 at this point, the

experts liked Seattle. They liked their pedigree, but Carolina won the game, 27 to 23.

It's the hook and ladder. Lock it has it. Lock it's being tackled, slips it, balls loose,

recovered by Seattle at the 40. Carolina has won the football game. What an unbelievable

validating respect-taking road win for the Carolina Panthers.

Soon afterward, Carolina quarterback Cam Newton faced the media.

Cam, before the Seattle game, a lot of the national media was down on this team. After

you guys won that game, now a lot of the national media said, this is one of the best teams

we've seen this year. Different find the comical the way that a lot of these people think

that, hey, this team is all right, this team is not good.

But I find all media comical at times. Because I think you guys' profession, you can easily

take back what you say. And you don't get, it's not danger when somebody said it. If it

was a pay cut, or if it was an incentive, if picking teams each and every week, you

may get a raise. I guarantee if people will be watching what they say then.

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